#BCBD47#BCBD47

#BCBD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.139 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD47
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -15.31, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 59.55, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0469 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.139 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0752, 47.5426, 13.0256)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD47 #4847BD

analogous

#BD8347 #BCBD47 #81BD47

triadic

#BCBD47 #47BCBD #BD47BC

tetradic

#BCBD47 #47BD83 #4847BD #BD4781

square

#BCBD47 #47BD83 #4847BD #BD4781

split-complementary

#BCBD47 #4781BD #8347BD

monochromatic

#656524 #929234 #BCBD47 #CCCD74 #DDDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCBD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD47

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD47	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.139 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d080',
    500: '#bcbd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd47;
$custom-light: #d3d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.508,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7752,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD47

secondary

#9696CA

accent

#51D752

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD47

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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